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TIL that Disneyland uses stray cats to fend off mice.

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6EZ9l TIL Apollo 17 astronaut Harrison Schmitt is the only scientist to have explored the Moon’s surface. Because he was not a pilot, as all previous astronauts were, Dr. Schmitt attended a 53-week course in flight training, logging more than 2,100 hours flying time
9YXPm TIL Chick-fil-A makes "in memoriam" videos for their discontinued menu items
yQJDp TIL Princess Elisabeth of Hesse was royal in England, Russia and Germany. She and her husband were murdered by Russian Revolutionaries. Her body was buried in Russia, then moved to Beijing, China and is now buried in a Russian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem.
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